Topic summary
22%3 analyzed articles/videos4,438 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Criminal Law results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Confirmation Bias, and False Dilemma, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 10.3% saturation with 1,517 hits. Analysis detected 11,278 faulty-reasoning hits from 14,703 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 11% (14,497 of 16,164 topics). This Criminal Law is better (less manipulative) than 89.70% of the peer group.
Criminal Law
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 14,703
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

10% percentile
025507510010.3% percentile
1.6% BS Score3 analyzed articles14.7K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 3.1%3.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.4%2.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.9%5.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.3%0.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.8%0.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.5%0.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 5.3%5.3%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 0.4%0.4%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%Framing Effect: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 10.3%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.0%False Dilemma: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 1.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.0%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Begging the Question: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate